Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters

Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters is about a future where humans have left earth because of Godzilla. They return years later and because of time dilation, Earth has developed more dangerous monsters that dominate the planet.

There are two directors of this anime film. One of which is a man named Hirouki Seshita, where you're probably wondering why he's important. He did the cutscenes for one of my favorite games of all time Final Fantasy X. He also did Final Fantasy VII and I imagine more people like that one but not myself. Cloud is a bit too melodramatic for my tastes.

The other director is Kôbun Shizuno. He worked on the Detective Conan movies which are pretty popular in Japan but not so much here in the States. The direction these two use to use the script to flow the animation is hit or miss in the beginning. I'm mostly just waiting for the diplomacy to get over with and Godzilla to show up. Then again that's pretty much any Godzilla movie.

One of the writers of the film is none other than the legendary Sadayuki Murai who did a little movie called Perfect Blue. If that doesn't ring any bells then maybe the fact that Darren Aronofsky bought the rights to Perfect Blue so that he could draw inspiration for his Oscar-winning movie Black Swan.

Result: B (There are a few boring parts but overall a good Godzilla anime)

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